In PhpStorm (as well as other JetBrains IDEs, I'm sure), I'm setting up a File Watcher. In the Watcher Settings section, it asks me to specify the path to the program to be executed.
I want to use the executable file within the node_modules/.bin directory of my project. I don't want it installed globally because I may have other projects that use the same program, but may require a different version.
I could simply specify the absolute path to my project's node_modules/.bin directory, but then if I move the project, the file watcher will break.
In the Arguments and Output paths to refresh fields just below the Program field, it allows you to insert a macro, like $Projectpath$. This is exactly what I need, but it doesn't look like the Program field allows that.
Is there a way to specify a relative path for the Program field?
Here is a screenshot of the File Watcher setup window:
I could simply specify the absolute path to my project's node_modules/.bin directory, but then if I move the project, the file watcher will break.
That's not true -- at very least it does not break anything here -- got 3 projects that use local stuff.
Is there a way to specify a relative path for the Program field?
Sure. Use full path to the program :)
Internally (in config file) it will be stored using $PROJECT_DIR$ (AFAIK) special macro/variable but in actual field (in that dialog window) you will always see full path. Such conversion is done automatically.
You can read a bit more here (in comments): https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/WEB-24376
If you are using the same project on different computers ... where path to the same program will be different but outside of the project (e.g. stored inside user-specific folder and user logins/names are different on such computers) ... you could use Path Variables functionality (Settings/Preferences | Appearance & Behavior | Path Variables) and specify the same variable on all of such computers that would point to correct path on that computer. IDE will automatically use that path variable to store the path.
So .. on one computer MY_TOOL_PATH will be pointing to /Users/Joe/MyTool and on another it could be /Users/Sam/AnotherTool.
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I have a folder for Octave M-files in C:\\Users\Dropbox\Octave, under which are various subfolders by function categories (normal distribution, chisq...). I just started making those subfolders and they will keep changing (adding, removing, reshuffling) as time goes on.
I would just like to set that folder as root and have Octave search for functions recursively there, just like you set a classpath in Java and JVM searches all folders there.
I used addpath(genpath('C:\\Users\Dropbox\Octave')), but the paths generated are then fixed, not reflecting subsequent subfolder changes.
Shall I add addpath(genpath('C:\\Users\Dropbox\Octave')) to the .octaverc file?
I think there is some confusion here. There are several ways to interact with the path, but for the most part these do not result in permanent changes, unless you save this somehow.
Simply adding a path for an existing octave session will not result in any permanent changes to the usual path that octave initialises at startup. Therefore when you say:
I used addpath(genpath('C:\Users\Dropbox\Octave')), but the paths generated are then fixed, not reflecting subsequent subfolder changes.
this makes no sense, because as soon as you exit your octave session, those added paths should have been gone altogether, and not appear in later octave sessions.
It is more likely that at some point you added these paths, and then used the savepath command, which resulted in your custom paths being added to your .octaverc file.
If that is the case, then yes, you can expect that octave will not "update" what was written in your .octaverc file, unless you call savepath again with an updated path definition.
If you would like the addpath(genpath('C:\Users\Dropbox\Octave')) command you mentioned to be called every time octave starts, so that the current/updated directory structure is loaded, then yes, the best way to do it would be to add that command to your .octaverc file. Make sure you remove the lines in your .octaverc that refer to the previous changes made by savepath. Note that there may be several levels of octaverc files that you need to check (see the relevant page in the manual)
Alternatively, you could simply make sure that this line appears in every script you want to call which intends to make use of those files.
While you may consider this last approach tedious, programmatically it is the most recommended one, since it makes dependencies clear in your code. This is especially important if you ever plan to share your code (and doubly so if you'd like it to be matlab compatible).
PS. All the above mostly applies to matlab too, with the exception that a) matlab's savepath saves path information in a file called pathdef.m, rather than directly in your startup files, and b) matlab uses startup.m instead of .octaverc as startup files. Also, if you don't care about doing this programmatically, matlab provides pathtool, which is a graphical interface for adding / saving directories to the matlab path.
I am using Enterprise Architecture to generate C++ classes.
Every time I do a Generate Code, it forces me to navigate to the directory I want to save the files to. Is there a configuration setting for a project or model to tell it to always generate the files to directory X?
Using 'Auto Generate Files' (in the Code generation window) should set the path name to the files automatically, and once a file path is selected, you wouldn't have to select the directory again.
I have an Oracle Forms application. In the menu options I need to provide an option to open another application. I am using Replace_menu (File_Name) option to change the menu options of the new application.
The fmx file which I need to invoke is in a different folder but in the same parent directory.
If I pass the whole path including the file name this options works fine, however if I try to use the relative path it fails.
Consider I have the following folder structure:
C:\Sample\Sup
Forms1 and Forms2 are 2 folders.
The first application is in Forms1. I need to invoke form_menu.mmx inside Forms2 folder.
eg: Replace_menu(c:\Sample\Sup\Forms2\form_menu.mmx) - This works fine.
eg: Replace_menu(../Forms/form_menu.mmx) - Does not work
You only have a few options:
Include the full path in the code
Include the fully qualified path in FORMS_PATH
Pass the path in at runtime as a parameter.
Relative paths are not permitted.
This description of the CSV Data SetConfig describes that the path to a CSV file used for importing parameters should reside in the bin directory of the JMeter installation, or the path specified should be relative to that bin directory:
Save that file in the bin directory where your JMeter installation lives.
Since the installation path of JMeter is potentially (and in my case actually) different on the various machines involved, this is rather awkward.
What is the preferred way to specify such paths in a way that is independent of the installation directories and the directory the test is stored in?
You can do this:
in your path use __P function
__P(datadir)/file1.csv
When starting JMeter, pass value using -Jdatadir=<your full path to data directory>, see http://jmeter.apache.org/usermanual/get-started.html#override
Turns out that article was wrong. By accident I found out that JMeter seems to consider paths relative to the testscript it has loaded. So no need to put anything in the bin directory of JMeter itself.
Of course if you can't (or don't want) to use relative paths like that either, UBIK LOAD PACKs answer should do the trick.
currently in my test scripts for automated file upload to browser, the paths are already defined in the value column
command type
target //input[#type='file']
value /Users/.../.../.../filename.extension
in such cases, this script is unable to run on other computers because the path would be different.
my question will be is
is there a way to locate the file in a general folder (for example file is downloaded and in the "download" folder), by using selenium ide can we get the path of the file (/Users/.../downloads/filename.extension)
store the path of the file with its extension into a notepad which i will be using it for multiple test of file uploads later on.
right now if my colleague needs to run the script from his computer, he have to manually change the value to his path.
You could use a suite file that contains a "setup" file to only change the file name in 1 place and the variable is shared across tests in the suite. You could also select an agreed up on place to store the files: c:\test_info\image.jpg.
Or you can make the file available by URL & not local, Unfortunately javascript prevents that for security: How to get the current file path in javascript
Unfortunately I can't think of any other good way unless you all have the same path in a home directory and could do something like ~/test_dir/photo.jpg